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Three photography faculty exhibits break ground
Watertown, CT, Governors Island and Provincetown are all locations with relevance to the subjects of three September exhibits by photography faculty. One that takes place at the school of her youth, is deeply introspective. Two others are vast in what they ponder–one’s specific view “through-the-lens” of the Civil War in Yankee territory, and the projection of…
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“Silver and I are married”
“When working with silver make it obey you. Smack it around. It’s gotta do what you tell it to. If worse comes to worse tell it you’ll melt it down.” Heartless words from Wendy Yothers, chair of Jewelry Design department? Or just what comes from a long working relationship with a lustrous metal? “Silver and I are…
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Art from the FIT community 15 floors up!
From the start, artwork was a must for FIT’s new administrative offices at 333 Seventh Avenue. Written into the plans for the new 22,000 square-foot space are corridors and wall space where art would hang. Having been mined from faculty, student and alumni archives, photography and artwork now fill the space. Prof. Brad Farwell, Photography adjunct, was…
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Eight languages have their say in “Four Seasons”
The merged texts in Prof. Suikang Zhao’s “Four Seasons,” appear like a colorful, assertive mix of ancient scripts and orchestral scoring. A lot is wanting to be said in this four-part work in eight languages. It is among over 90 pieces in “New Views: FIT Art and Design Faculty Exhibit” in the John E. Reeves Great Hall. Prof. Zhao’s work…
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Moving mosaic cornered by Prof. Brian Emery
Professor Brian Emery’s “Williamsburg Grid Test,” currently in the faculty exhibit “New Views,” is as captivating and vibrant as a New York City street corner. It is composed of 108, one-minute videos organized in a grid, each of a slightly different view taken at slightly different times. The setting, movement and chatter, are from a busy street corner in…